Solo albums

[Hardbopjazz]

What are some solo performance albums that others like besides pianists?

I have these.

Sonny Rollins "Solo Album"

Ron Carters "Alone" 

[erwbol]

Anthony Braxton - Solo (Pisa) 1982 (Golden Years, Leo)

Insanely good and better sound quality then the other two Braxton solo live recordings on Golden Years. For Alto is the classic, of course, but the Pisa album deserves to be counted among his best as well.

Edited May 26, 2017 by erwbol

[Hardbopjazz]

I have that one by Anthony Braxton. I forgot about it.

[HutchFan]

Ralph Towner - Time Line (ECM)

 

Dave Holland - Emerald Tears (ECM)

 

I suppose stringed instruments like the guitar or bass are a bit of a "cheat" because -- like pianos -- they offer harmonic possibilities that aren't open to one-note-at-a-time instruments like saxophones or trumpets.

Edited May 26, 2017 by HutchFan

[erwbol]

Mary Halvorson - Meltframe (Firehouse 12)

[soulpope]

Steve Lacy Solo .... whichever album ...

[erwbol]

Dave Holland - Ones All (Intuition Music)

Another favourite.

[kh1958]

Charnett Moffett, The Bridge

Bola Sete, Ocean Memories

The Solo Guitar of Bola Sete (Fantasy)

Matana Roberts, Always

Marion Brown, Solo Saxophone

[Cyril]

Solo Guitar by Ted Greene

[Peter Friedman]

I personally do not enjoy solo albums other than by either piano or guitar.

Here is a solo guitar album I like.

[Cyril]

Solo Live by David Murray

Conic Sections by Evan Parker

The Tree by David Liebman

 Thirteen Friendly Numbers by John Butcher

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

Steve Lacy Solo .... whichever album ...

 

Edited May 26, 2017 by Cyril

[duaneiac]

Three of the tracks are solo vibraphone performances from the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival  On the remaining studio tracks, through the magic of overdubbing, he also played piano/electric piano/organ.

[JohnS]

I'll second Cyril's recommendation for David Murray's Solo Live.

Here's a short sample of Murray's more recent solo playing.

 

[jlhoots]

Reginald Workman: The Works Of Workman (Denon) - don't know if it has ever been released on CD.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, jlhoots said:

Reginald Workman: The Works Of Workman (Denon) - don't know if it has ever been released on CD.

Never released on CD - outstanding solo bass album ....

[Peter Friedman]

[jcam_44]

My two favorite solo albums are:

Steve Coleman - Invisible Paths

and

Vinny Golia - Solo

 

Vinny's album "Clarinet" is also wildly entertaining, which I didn't expect for a clarinet hahaha. 

Nate Wooley has quite a collection of solo trumpet recordings my favorite being "Wrong Shape To Be A Storyteller". Syllables 8 and 9 are quite good too. 

 

William Parker "Lifting Sanctions" is excellent. Parker has a lot as well," Crumbling in the Shadows..." is a 3 disc box set that in the past was pretty cheap, $20 to $25, and I recommend that too

[clifford_thornton]

[Guy Berger]

I've barely scratched the surface in this genre but the Coleman (INVISIBLE PATHS) and Lacy (ONLY MONK) are outstanding.

[sgcim]

Johnny Smith- "The Man With The Blue Guitar"

[paul secor]

Earlier thread:

 

[clifford_thornton]

 

 

(bottom is Toshi Tsuchitori "Drumrhythm")

[mjazzg]

So many fine solo recordings and without even mentioning Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell (who each probably deserve a solo recordings thread to themselves), here's some great ones from my collection that get revisited often

Peter Brotzmann - 14 Love Poems [FMP]

Joseph Jarman - Sunbound Volume One [AECO]

Famoudou Don Moye - Sun Percussion Volume One [AECO]

Brother Malachi Favors Magoustous - Natural & Spiritual [AECO]

Arve Henriksen - Sakuteiki [Rune Grammofon]

Sabir Mateen - Ardla XXX [Rogue Art]

Jerome Cooper - Unpredictability Of Predictability [About Time]

Nicole Mitchell - Engraved In The Wind [Rogue Art]

I'll second the Gunter Sommer, Marion Brown, Vinny Golia and Steve Coleman mentions above

Edited June 4, 2017 by mjazzg